The Way The Mind Goes

One for Commander Fullyard, who gave the gift of reverb, that is the reverb pedal used here. A birthday surprise that reached the SS Belgrade courtesy of Her Majesty's Armed Services Mail Courier. 


Commander Fullyard's Electric Harem

'The First Flower' is a musical interpretation of the opening words of Eckhart Tolle's book 'A New Earth':

“Earth, 114 million years ago, one morning just after sunrise: The first flower ever to appear on the planet opens up to receive the rays of the sun. Prior to this momentous event that heralds an evolutionary transformation in the life of plants, the planet had already been covered in vegetation for millions of years. The first flower probably did not survive for long, and flowers must have remained rare and isolated phenomena, since conditions were most likely not yet favorable for a widespread flowering to occur. One day, however, a critical threshold was reached, and suddenly there would have been an explosion of color and scent all over the planet—if a perceiving consciousness had been there to witness it.

Much later, those delicate and fragrant beings we call flowers would come to play an essential part in the evolution of consciousness of another species. Humans would increasingly be drawn to and fascinated by them. As the consciousness of human beings developed, flowers were most likely the first thing they came to value that had no utilitarian purpose for them, that is to say, was not linked in some way to survival. They provided inspiration to countless artists, poets, and mystics. Jesus tells us to contemplate the flowers and learn from them how to live. The Buddha is said to have given a “silent sermon” once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while, one of those present, a monk called Mahakasyapa, began to smile. He is said to have been the only one who had understood the sermon. According to legend, that smile (that is to say, realization) was handed down by twenty-eight successive masters and much later became the origin of Zen."

The First Flower

Lyrics 

You’re so sure that they’re thinking about you
When none of them really give it a thought or two
Most people got the lowest IQ 
Most people yeah I could name a few 

Stop giving them your power
Stop giving those strangers your peace
Who cares what they think or say
They don’t feel for you no kinda way

Walk on by if they stop to stare
Make sure it’s not just all in your head
Another day on this planet of fear
Time to release yourself from all of those cares

Stop giving them your power 
Stop giving those strangers your peace 
Who cares what they think or say
They don’t feel for you no kinda way 

It’s all in your head…

saving up the things

It’s All In Your Head

Till the Sun Grows Old

Aquarius (Original Mix)

“Keel”
Brand new Lofi/ambient track from our Eastern Lofi Lab.
Cover pic: Arpad Kajel www.facebook.com/arpikirandul

Keel

LLAMADO

The Best of Dave Hoade

Your Love

(apologies for not being on Soundcloud much these days... I plan to get back to replies & checking out as much new music out there as I can soon!)


This is a stripped down version of a song written by J.J. that the Eclectic Collective gang made a few months ago. A few differences include no drum or bass, no sax solo, no slide guitar intro, an alternate guitar take, and alternate vocal performance by J.J. A sign of a great song is how it still sounds great even with just a simple instrument arrangement, and JJ's original song is a good example! 
Thank you for listening   :)

here's a link to the original version (which includes the rest of the EC gang):
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/that-dusty-road-the-eclectic-collective

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Cast of Characters:

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- Original piano composition, vocals, lyrics
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric and acoustic guitar, production
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – harmony vocals, organ, shaker, mix, production

That Dusty Road - 'unplugged' (Eclectic Collective)

Flat Screen World

The Tokamok

The Tokamak

In the distant Subert Humlin, Gory Rallagher, Sank Frinatra, and Dats Fomino Galaxies, Her Majesty's Royal Intergalactic Empire is under siege by the sinister Khazargonians and their elite squads of shock troopers- the Jearl Pamians and Goundsardenians. Her Majesty has commissioned an elite force led by her three of Her Majesty's Space Navy's finest officers with several primary objectives, chief among them was the following directive: to combine the great tones of surf and fifties rock... with disco!
These elite officers are:  Admiral Krank of the SS Belgrade (Guitar, bass, beats, intergalactic espionage and assassination by exploding cigars); and Captain Mirth of the SS Zagreb- (Guitar, piano, synth, beats, and advanced thermal detonation). And our very own clockwork man on the drums, Mo Sheen (https://soundcloud.com/user-424452711).  Unfortunately, despite bravely serving Her Majesty's Space Navy, Vice Commandant Dubois has been court martialed and convicted for conduct not befitting an officer and counterfeiting baseball cards, stripped of his command of the SS Budapest, and dishonorably discharged from Her Majesty's Space Navy, though certain recordings of his guitar, synth, bass, beats, and forward deployable laser blasters remain here memorialized for posterity. Let it be known that though he has sunk to the very depths of ignominy, we wish him well in his new venture, the Spandex Spanktroverse.

Commander Fullyard's Electric Harem

Admiral Krank and His Mighty Band of Spacemen